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Public Health Act 1997
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16 Identity cards
(1) The director-general must issue to an officer an identity card
specifying the officer’s name and office, and on which appears a
recent photograph of the officer.
(2) Upon ceasing to occupy, or to act in, an office, a person must not,
without reasonable excuse, fail to return the person’s identity card to
the director-general.
Maximum penalty: 1 penalty unit.
office means the following offices:
(a) chief health officer;
(b) public health officer;
(c) authorised medical officer;
(d) analyst.